1. Goodwood Property Owners’ Association
Change to Neighborhood Streets Request

2. Committee Members Laurence Lambert, P.E., PTOE (chair) Betsey Tramonte
Ben Laurie, P.E.
Mike Cullen, P.E.
Paul Higgins
Fritz Embaugh
Dennis Vidrine, GPOA President
Haley Blakeman, RLA (ex-officio)

3. Goals Maintain quality of life Enhance safety
Increase pedestrian / bike use
Adhere to City / Parish standards

4. Strategies Look at the GPOA boundary in traffic districts
Have balanced representation on the committee
Use the Traffic Engineering Department as a resource for feasibility
Use FutureBR as a reference for recommendations

5. GPOA Traffic Districts

6. Toolbox Partial street closures
Convert two-way streets to one-way with bike lanes / shoulders
Speed humps
STOP signs

7. Partial Street Closure

8. Partial Street Closure

9. Speed Hump

10. One-Way Signage

11. One-way bike lane / shoulder

12. District 1 Solutions
Limit access from Florida Avenue to Government Street at heaviest cut-through streets (Cloud, S. Carrollton and Kenwood)
Employ the use of partial closures at intersections with Florida to maintain two-way residential access while restricting through traffic
Install STOP signs and speed hump at key locations

13. District 1 Solutions Proposed All-Way STOP Sign Existing Speed Humps
Existing One Way
Proposed
Partial Closure
Proposed Speed Humps

14. District 2 Solutions STOP signs
LaSalle Avenue at LaSalle Parc Drive / Carter Avenue
LaSalle Avenue and Cyril Avenue
Speed humps
Carter Avenue
Shawn Drive
Normandy Drive
Cyril Avenue

15. District 2 Solutions
Speed Hump
Proposed STOP Sign
Existing STOP Sign

16. District 3 Solutions
Thibodeaux Avenue and Finchley Avenue: one- way streets towards Jefferson Highway.
Partial one way couplet with Keed Avenue and Audubon Avenue.
Maintain two-way from Annabelle Avenue to Jefferson Highway to maintain access to businesses.
Maintain two-way from Goodwood Blvd to Government Street to maintain access to residences on the end of the street.

17. District 3 Solutions Proposed Sidewalk Proposed One Way
Existing Two-Way

18. Overall Plan

19. Path to Implementation
Committee
Board
City Review
Membership / Neighborhood
Temporary Installation (test period)
Permanent Installation (if approved)

20. Survey Results
Over 1,700 open house invitations mailed to every resident within GPOA boundaries (this included members and non-members)
Hundreds of people attended open house on 02/16/14
GPOA Membership Meeting attended by hundreds of people on 03/18/14
Results about the plan from both meetings
86% Positive
6% Neutral
8% Negative

21. Schedule Open House: February 16
Traffic Committee Meeting: February 20
General Membership: March 18
Temporary Installation: November 04
Evaluation Period End: January 30 (3 Months)
Permanent installation (if approved): Spring 2015